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Abbadid Dynasty of Seville (1010s)

Type Event Region Iberian Peninsula Time 1011–1020

In the 1010s Seville shifted from Cordoban dependence to local strongmen; Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad established control around the 1020s, found…

Timeline

  1. 1011–1015Seville · Al-AndalusAfter the collapse of Cordoban central authority, Seville was controlled by Slavic (Saqlabi) military commanders, with constant factional strife creating a power vacuum that allowed local Arab nobles to rise.
  2. 1015–1018Seville · Al-AndalusMuhammad ibn Abbad, of Arab noble origin, gradually seized real power in Seville through administrative and military ability, weakening the Slavic rulers and becoming the city's de facto master.
  3. 1018–1020Southwestern Al-Andalus · Al-AndalusBy around 1020 the Ibn Abbad family had essentially control of Seville's military and political affairs, and formal independence as a taifa kingdom followed soon (c. 1023). Seville became one of the strongest taifas of later Al-Andalus, with his son Abbad II al-Mu'tadid further expanding it.

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